NAADAC's Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders & SUD Specialty Online Training Series is designed for helping professionals who are dedicated to learning about co-occurring disorders in the field of addiction. Sessions will discuss tools and best practices so that addiction professionals can feel confident in their ability and knowledge when treating co-occurring disorders in the field of addiction.

Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders & SUD, Part 1: Treating Substance Use and Psychotic Disorders - Multidimensional Treatment

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 نشریه جدید UNAIDS و سازمان بهداشت جهانی بر اهمیت یکپارچه سازی خدمات اچ آی وی و سلامت روانی و مداخلات دیگر، از جمله ارتباط با خدمات حفاظت اجتماعی، برای افرادی که مبتلا به اچ آی وی و دیگر جمعیت های آسیب پذیر زندگی می کنند، تاکید می کند.

شرایط سلامت روانی خطر ابتلا به اچ آی وی را افزایش می دهد و افراد مبتلا به اچ آی وی خطر افزایش شرایط سلامت روانی را دارند که با نگهداری کمتر در مراقبت از اچ آی وی، افزایش رفتار خطر و تعامل کمتر با پیشگیری از اچ آی وی همراه است.

علاوه بر این، با وجود افزایش شواهد نشان می دهد که روش های موثر پیشگیری، غربالگری و تشخیص، و درمان برای، شرایط مشترک سلامت روانی، از...

Mental health and substance use issues are commonly linked, and it is important that practitioners are skilled and knowledgeable in identifying and working with the potential challenges an individual may be facing. For World Mental Health Day, ISSUP UK, ISSUP Pakistan and ISSUP Indonesia collaborated on a presentation addressing the issues that practitioners can face when reaching out and working with people with substance use and mental health problems. This reading list offers further information and resources on the topic.

1) Drug and Alcohol Findings have published a hot topic that...

This discussion paper was prepared by UNODC following various requests from the Member States for technical assistance on the treatment of drug use disorders and associated mental health disorders in prison settings.

This effort is related to the United Nations Standards Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), requesting that the “medical or psychiatric service of the penal institutions shall provide for the psychiatric treatment of all other prisoners who are in need of such treatment”.

Moreover, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS)...

This Drug and Alcohol Finding publication addresses a hot topic which generates heated debate- dual diagnosis.

Whether to focus on mental health problems or substance use problems when the patient exhibits both is a long-standing conundrum which still puzzles today’s treatment services. 

This Drug and Alcohol Finding explores:

• The definition 'dual diagnosis'
• The relationship between substance use and mental health
• Multiagency work
• Supporting people to access care
• Dual diagnosis in prison settings
• Effective treatment

This paper has been compiled in response to an MLA request on the complex issue of ‘dual diagnosis’ in the context of service provision. Specifically, the paper provides the following:

•  An overview of dual diagnosis.

• Estimated prevalence rates.

• The impact of dual diagnosis on people’s lives.

• Types of services available and challenges in terms of accessibility.

• Recommendations for service delivery.

• The policy context in Northern Ireland and neighbouring jurisdictions.